Stovepipe-cleaner.



E. STEPHENS.

STOVEPIPE CLEANER. I APPLICATION FILED JUN; 8,1915.

1,161,855. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

. unir ens EMMA STEPHENS, OF SILVER- CLIFF, G GLORADO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. J pwggntedl Ngwy, 23, 1915,,

Application file 1 June 8, 1915. serial No. 32,896.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, EMMA STEPHENS, acitizen of the'United States, residing at Silver Cliff, in the county ofCuster and State of Colorado, have invented a new and usefulStovepipeCleaner; andl do hereby de clare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved slide member for the elbow of astove pipe designed to be raised and provided with lneans to receive thestove pipe cleaner, the object of which is to prevent the dust and thelike from coming out into the room.

Another object is to provide a device of this nature comprising improvedfeatures of construction.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth,

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the elbowof astove pipe, showing the slide and the cleaner as applied. Fig. 2 is asectional view. Fig. 3 is a view showing the slide in detail. Fig. 4 isa sectional view on line H of Fig. 2.' Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveView of a modified form of the slide for the stove pipe cleaner.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the stove pipe, the outer wall 2of the elbow portion 3 of which is provided with an opening 4, and uponopposite sides of the open-.

ing are flanges 5 which are inclined outwardly, downwardly and towardeach other, and designed to overlie the slide 6, for guiding the slideduring its vertical adjustment in said guide flanges. This slide 6consists of two sections 7 and 8. The section 8 has an ear oifsettherefrom as shown, which ear 9 overlies and is pivoted at 10 to thesection 7, so that the sections may have a pivotal action relative toeach other. When the sections 7 and 8 are closed as illustrated in Fig.1, the adjacent edges of the sections abut, and to hold the inner andouter faces of said sections flush with each other, when the sectionsareclosed, the section 8 is provided with lugs 11 arranged in pairs, thelugs of each pair being opposite to each other, and so arranged as tolap over the section 7. The upper portion of the section 8 has a curvedprojection or handle 12,

'dle 20) joined together or shown in the drawings and claimed.

to be grasped whereby the slide may be raised or lowered. The adjacentedges of the sections are provided with semi-circular cutaway portions13, which register with each other when the sections areclosed therebyforming the circular opening, which engages and receives the groove 1%of the sleeve 15. The groove 14 is of sufficient width to permitmovement of the sleeve in the opening formed by the semi-circularcutaway portion 13, that is, incident to movement of the rod 16 (whichpasses through the sleeve) of the stove pipe cleaner 17, which iscarried by the inner end of the rod 16. The rod consists of two sections18 and 19 (which section 19 has a hanunited at 21 by the threads asshown.

To apply the stove pipe cleaner to the stove pipe as shown, the sections7 and 8 are first opened as shown in Fig. 3. The sleeve 15 is thenarranged so that the cutaway por-- tions 13 will engage the groove 1%,and the section then closed, and partially inserted in the overhangingguide flanges 5. Prior to permitting the slide 6 being moved to theposition shown in Fig. 1, the section 18 of the rod 16 with the cleaner1? is inserted through the opening 1 of the elbow of the stove pipe,then the operator extends his or her hand through the opening 4-, andbrings the threaded end 21 back through the sleeve 15, after which thesection 19 of said rod is connected to the section 18 as shown in Fig.2, subsequently to which the slide 6 is moved to the position shown inFig. 1. The stove pipe cleaner will then be moved back and forth throughthe sleeve, causing the blade 17 to scrape the carbon and the like fromthe inner surface of the stove pipe. In Fig. 5 a slide 6 constructed inone piece is provided, instead of a sectional slide, and the upperportion of this slide 6 is supplied with a curved projection or handle 6How ever, the lower part of the slide 6 is split as shown at'6 with anopening 6 at the crotch thereof, and through which opening thesection 18of the rod 16 reciprocates, when cleaning the stove pipe. When the slide6 is withdrawn from the flanges, the

opposite edges of the split portion spring apart, so that uponreinserting the slide the split will arch down over the rod.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1 C mbinat on with a stove pipe elboW having an opening in its outerconvexed Wall, guides upon opposite sides of the opening, a slidemounted in said guides, said slide consisting of tWo' sections pivotallyunited, means for holding the adjacent edges of the sections alined Withthe opposite faces of the sections flush, the adjacent edges of thesections having semi-circular registering cutaway portions forming anopening, a

I .10 sleeve having a groove engaging said opentwo subscribingWitnesses.

EMMA STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

W. H. FUNDERBUSK, L. H. SCHOOLFIELD.

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i Washington, 1).;0.

